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Probabilistic functionalism: A unifying paradigm for the cognitive sciences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2002

Javier R. Movellan  and
Jonathan D. Nelson
Javier R. Movellan
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 movellan@mplab.ucsd.edujnelson@cogsci.ucsd.edu http://www.mplab.ucsd.edu/ http://www.cocsci.uscs.edu/~jnelson/
Jonathan D. Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 movellan@mplab.ucsd.edujnelson@cogsci.ucsd.edu http://www.mplab.ucsd.edu/ http://www.cocsci.uscs.edu/~jnelson/
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Abstract

The probabilistic analysis of functional questions is maturing into a rigorous and coherent research paradigm that may unify the cognitive sciences, from the study of single neurons in the brain to the study of high level cognitive processes and distributed cognition. Endless debates about undecidable structural issues (modularity vs. interactivity, serial vs. parallel processing, iconic vs. propositional representations, symbolic vs. connectionist models) may be put aside in favor of a rigorous understanding of the problems solved by organisms in their natural environments. [Shepard; Tenenbaum & Griffiths]

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , August 2001 , pp. 690 - 692
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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